Collegiate club teams will compete in respective regions across the country throughout September and October for an opportunity to advance to the Championship and Invitational 

PGA NCCGA Fall Championship Website | Regional Events Sites/Schedule

FRISCO, Texas (August 21, 2024) – The PGA National Collegiate Club Golf Association (NCCGA) has announced the 2024 PGA NCCGA Fall Championship and Invitational will be held Dec. 7-8 at the iconic Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in North Carolina. 

Pinehurst is home to 10 18-hole courses and regularly hosts numerous championships, including the 2024 U.S. Open. The Fall Championship and Invitational will be held on Numbers 5, 6 and 8.

“This is such an amazing opportunity for the NCCGA to conduct these events at the same resort that hosted the U.S. Open in June,” Branden Thompson, PGA, PGA of America Lead for the NCCGA said. “I guarantee it will be an experience these collegiate players will never forget.”

Held in the fall and spring, the PGA NCCGA Championship features more than 300 of the nation’s best collegiate club golfers. As the governing body for collegiate club golf, the NCCGA ensures every student can play golf in college and assists them in starting, maintaining and facilitating club golf tournaments regionally and nationally. More than 200 colleges across the United States field club golf teams. 

“Pinehurst Resort has always been a welcome home for golf championships. Many of those have happened on the world stage, including four U.S. Opens, the U.S. Women’s Open, the PGA Championship and the Ryder Cup,” said Matt Barksdale, Pinehurst Resort’s PGA Director of Golf. “But Pinehurst has also always been a gathering place to crown the best amateurs in the game. A long tradition that includes the North & South Amateur, the Women’s North & South Amateur as well as multiple U.S. Amateurs and the U.S. Women’s Amateur, Pinehurst is proud to continue celebrating amateur players and their opportunities to compete in hosting the PGA National Collegiate Club Golf Championship.”

Club golf teams will compete with each other in their respective regions throughout September and October (schedule), with an opportunity to advance to the Championship and Invitational. 

The NCCGA operates three 36-hole tournaments in each of the 27 regions across the country. The top teams and individuals in the country receive an automatic bid to the Championship. All tournaments are co-ed and open to active college students of all skill levels, and individual students can represent their schools if they don’t have the required five students to form a team.

The Invitational provides an additional opportunity for more students to compete in a national event. Invitations are extended to one team from each of the 27 regions that did not qualify for the Championship, as well as the next top individuals not competing on a team.

Teams from Grand Canyon University and Miami University (Ohio) earned bids to the 2024 Fall Championship and Invitational with their back-to-back wins at the 2023 Fall Championship and Invitational and the 2024 Spring Championship.

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Fall Championship & Fall Invitational Format and Qualifying Information

In the fall only, the Championship is accompanied by an Invitational. 

Fall Championship Qualifiers:

• Three (3) automatic qualifiers from five zones across the country
• Highest-ranked teams not included in one of the automatic qualifiers
• Defending champion from the previous Fall Championship (Grand Canyon University), Fall Invitational (Miami University-Ohio) and Spring Championship (Grand Canyon University and Miami University-Ohio were co-champions of the event)
• Other exemptions as identified by the NCCGA
• Top individual students not otherwise on qualified teams

Fall Invitational Qualifiers:

• One (1) team from each of the 27 regions that aren’t participating in the Championship
• Teams who have exceptional stories and exemplify what club golf is all about
• The next top individual students (who were not on a competing team) 

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About the PGA National Collegiate Club Golf Association (NCCGA)

The PGA NCCGA is the national governing body of collegiate club golf and is operated by the PGA of America. With more than 300 schools and 5,000 members, the NCCGA makes college golf a reality for any student. For more information about the PGA NCCGA, visit NCCGA.org and follow on Instagram.

About Pinehurst Resort & Country Club:

Established in 1895 in the Sandhills of North Carolina, Pinehurst Resort & Country Club is a 2,200-acre property featuring 10 outstanding golf courses, The Cradle nine-hole par-3 short course, 75,000 square-foot putting course (Thistle Dhu), 16 clay tennis courts, an award-winning spa, other recreation and social activities for families, and elegant accommodations across one hotel, two inns, villas and condos. Widely known as the Cradle of American Golf, Pinehurst hosted more single golf championships – including the U.S. Open, U.S. Women’s Open, PGA Championship, the Ryder Cup and PGA TOUR Championship – than any other site in North America. Golfers enjoy layouts designed by the game’s greatest architects, including Donald Ross, Gil Hanse, Jack Nicklaus, Rees Jones, Tom Fazio and Ellis Maples. Pinehurst Resort, in concert with the United States Golf Association (USGA), was recently selected as the first U.S. Open Anchor Site and will host the championship in 2024, 2029, 2035, 2041 and 2047. The resort is slightly more than an hour from Raleigh-Durham International Airport, 90 minutes from Charlotte Douglas International Airport and only a half-day drive from many East Coast cities. To book tee times and golf packages: www.pinehurst.com, 855.235.8507.

About the PGA of America

The PGA of America is one of the world’s largest sports organizations, composed of more than 30,000 PGA of America Golf Professionals who love the game, are expert coaches, operators and business leaders, and work daily to drive interest, inclusion and participation in the sport. The PGA of America owns and operates numerous championships and events, including major championships for men, women, seniors and the Ryder Cup, one of the world’s foremost sporting events. For more information, visit PGA.com and follow us on X, formerly known as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.‍

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